I found myself awakened in a vast space of endless darkness.
(Is it just dark or did I just turned blind?)
As I recalled what happened before I got here, I felt my stomach aching despite without the occasional feeling of hunger that usually goes along with it.
(Just what the f**k did I got myself involved into this time?)
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I remembered the time when I was still a university student - money was tight so the still gullible and naive me got tricked into joining some multi-level marketing group which turned out to be a cult worshiping some Evil God... was it Anri or Tilea... I can't seem to remember the name.
In the end, my money was never returned as a matter of fact and with the little allowance that I have left on me, I lived a whole month with nothing to eat but instant noodles - ever since then, I never trusted anyone else when it comes to money matters and the respect I have for instant noodles went up a notch.
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Discarding these useless thoughts aside, I tried to squeeze whatever information I can from the events that have transpired before I got here.
(After I signed a job contract given by the ever mysterious Mr. Smith who works at some shady looking company, I fell into this dark place...)
(Damn it! Everything is suspicious from the start. Did my desperate self ignored all of that despite my oath not to be scammed again? Money is really frightening - it can make people do some senseless stuffs...)
(Was I kidnapped or something? A poor person like me with nothing on her bank account isn't an ideal target to kidnap for ransom though. So are they going to sell me off to be a prostitute then? Or they would take whatever useful organs I have and dump whatever that's left of me at some random cliff. Or worse... could is it both?)
As my imagination began to run wild freely on thinking what would happen to me from now on... I heard it.
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《Contract Established - Initializing Phase One》
A mechanical voice like those that we hear from text-to-speech apps, but a bit better sounding than Siri.
(What is it this time? Aliens? My kidnappers are some cyborg aliens?)
《Temporarily Disabling all Sensory Perception Functions》
As those words enter my head, the vast endless darkness that I'm into seemed to turn darker as if it couldn't get any darker than before.
(My body felt numb as well as all my senses. Is this what they call paralysis?)
It felt funny knowing nothing about your surroundings and not being able to respond to it. I know that feeling, this is the feeling of being useless.
《Reading all Memory Data》
(Oh~ I can still hear that voice. Is it because it is projected in my mind?)
I never got to resist. Or should I say that I never got to resist at all ever since coming to this place.
《Preparing Back-up Data》
(There it is again. Ah~ I don't care what's going to happen anymore. Shouldn't inducing me into a coma the appropriate thing to do here?)
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《Reading Complete Genomic Information》
《Engineering Optimized Genomic Information》
《Initializing Body Deconstruction》
(The f**k!)
Knowing that my body is going to go through a complete and thorough body deconstruction, I can't seem ignore the pain despite having all of my senses numbed.
《Establishing Changes - Begin Reconstruction》
《Restruction Complete - Entering Phase Two》
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(Oh~ that was fast. Or was my sense of time numbed too?)
《Extracting all Memory Data》
《Defragmenting all Memory Data》
(Ah~ this is good. My memories became more clear... Oh~ now I remember it. The cult worshipped both Evil Gods Anri and Tilea - they were separated by factions... I got it mixed up a bit.)
《Deleting all Unnecessary Data》
(Say what?!)
The completely vivid memories that I just had before seemed to have lessened. It was as if I completely forgot something. What's my mother's name again? Or do I even have one to begin with?
《Translating Language Data》
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《Archiving Logical Data》
《Archiving Emotional Data》
《Compressing Remaining Memory Data and Converting into Will & Instinct》
《Complete - Entering Phase Three》
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《Incorporating Status Core System》
《Overriding System - Injecting Observer's Protocol》
《Skipping Over to Maximum Level》
《Generating Random Skills and Abilities》
《Uploading to Core System》
《Ending Override - Resuming Phase Three》
(Hmmm~ what just happened? I think I blanked out for a moment here.)
《Complete - Entering Phase Four》
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《Establishing Magic Calculation Area in the Subconscious Mind》
(Did somebody just say 'MAGIC'?!)
《Increasing Processing Power of Magic Calculation Area》
《Optimizing Magic Sequences : Psion/Pushion Source to Mana Source Conversion》
《Engraving Magic Sequences to Memory》
(There it is again. At first, I really thought it was cyborg aliens, now its magic? What's next - Talking Dinosaurs?)
《Complete - Entering Phase Five》
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《Restarting all Sensory Perception Functions》
(Oh~ yeah... I can feel myself again! Not in a perverted way of course, mind you.)
《Equiping Company Standard - Soul Bound Gear》
(No wonder, deconstructing and reconstructing the body means that I was stark naked this whole time? PERVERTS!)
《Preparing for Transfer - Selecting Coordinates》
(Looks like I'm finally getting out of here. Freeeeeedo-)
《Beginning Dimensional Transfer》
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As I was interrupted by the mechanical voice who I decided to name Bob despite completely sounding like a female's voice, the world and everything itself completely turned white.
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End of V1C2